“Especially in a field like this, it’s not…it’s not just about the food that you eat. This is just the medium that I use to help people transform their lives.” – Adee Cazayoux

Adee Cazayoux has built a reputation as a nutrition expert, helping elite athletes such as Katrin Davidsdottir, Jessica Lucero, and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet dial in their nutrition to enhance athletic performance. She is the founder of Working Against Gravity, an online nutrition consulting program dedicated to helping athletes and everyday people change their body composition. Known as the “Barbell Gypsy,” Adee is an elite athlete in her own right, having earned a National medal in Olympic weightlifting.

Adee’s passion for nutrition began at age 16 when she found herself overweight and struggling to participate in the sports she had once loved. With the help of her mother and a nutritionist, she learned how to track her macronutrients and discovered the power of eating properly. After college, she completed her Precision Nutrition Level 1, and more recently, has been studying to earn her Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance.

I caught up with Adee at the 2017 CrossFit Games to talk about her nutrition philosophy, counting macros, how she came to own one of the most well-known nutrition businesses in the CrossFit world, and what tips she has to share with individuals looking to improve their diets.

In this episode we discuss:

How nutrition applies to both athletes and those exercising a couple of times a week

Adee’s background in youth sports and how adolescent weight gain led her to be involved in nutrition

Her experience working with a nutritionist using macros to return to a healthy weight

How Adee’s nutrition has changed to support her athletic goals, including eating Paleo as she started CrossFit, and then tracking macros as she shifted to weightlifting

How Adee came to be a business owner

How Adee identified what her business’s scope would be and what training she needed to be successful

How Working Against Gravity uses mindset as part of their nutrition program

How Adee developed a positive relationship with food

The general philosophy behind macro-based eating

The impact of one-on-one relationships/coaching and community on achieving nutrition goals

How Adee came to work with CrossFit Games and other elite athletes, and what she has learned from working with them

What Adee eats on a typical day

Three things Adee does on a regular basis that have the biggest positive impact on her health

One thing she struggles to implement that could have a big impact on her health

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